Imagine being 8 years old reunited with your friends an ordinary day in the green rice fields of Cambodia. Curiosity draws the group to a glistening object in the mud and they start to play with it like kids always do, and should. Then black. It just went black!

When you wake up you are a survivor of a landmine explosion that claimed not only your left leg but also the lives of your three closest friends.

This is the story of our friend Visay.

With no prior rehabilitation and no possibility to get a functional prosthetic leg in Cambodia. Visay spent the next 24 years of his life learning to balance his movements on a single crutch.

Visay is now ready to give up the crutch and exploring the possibilities of getting a modern prosthetic leg.

In collaboration with Scandinavian Orthopaedic Laboratory in Thailand (SOL) Visay’s dreams are becoming reality!

Next month Visay will be fitted with a test leg that SOL will lend him for free. The total cost for his final prosthetic leg is $ 7,700 USD / 74 400 SEK (updated 1 March)

As friends of Visay we are inspired by his determination and are coming together to support his journey.

It is our hope that you will help contribute to his journey beyond the crutch.

Please help Visay to get this leg!

IMPORTANT INFO! THE FUNDRAISER IS IN SWEDISH KRONA (SEK/KR) SEE EXCHANGE RATES BELOW.

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Click here to download fundraiser reports.

The fund-raising will be on two plattforms. Facebook and Gofundme.

Funds will be used to cover the leg itself, the fee from SOL and cost for travel and accommodation during trainings and meetings in Bangkok. If any surplus of funds the money will be kept for reparations and replacement of leg-parts in the future.

Scandinavian Orthopaedic Laboratory in Thailand will soon send us a final estimate of all costs and it will be uploaded here.

If Visay decide not to continue, donations will be refunded or donated to SOL. Individual agreements will be made with each donor.

Donations can be made as follows:

- Online donations via GoFundMe.

- In Siem Reap, cash donations can be made directly to Mikael or Martín.

- From Sweden via Swisch to 0704-81 80 60.

- Via Paypal in any currency to: paypal.me/rasmussenmikael

- Contact us for information about donations via bank transfers in USA, Thailand, Sweden and Cambodia.

Add your e-mail address to your donation to receive updates.

Cost report can be sent as per request to any donor at any time.

Breakdown of costs. A full breakdown of costs will soon be sent from SOL and uploaded on Gofundme.

Visay's story from the Landmine Museum in Siem Reap where he lived from age 12 to 25.

Keywords: Cambodia, Siem Reap, landmine, land mine, amputee, amputation leg prosthesis, prosthetic